A company whose operations are entirely or primarily internet-based, or more...
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Nickname for the many commercial businesses that have registered names in the .com domain.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            the identity of a Internet enterprise having the .com extension as a part of its website domain name and, often, as a part of its online identity, as in Site Location Assistance.com; an enterprise engaged in e-commerce (electronic commerce). definition of dotcom defined definition of dot-com defined definition of dot com defined
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                                                     
                        
                        
                            a company that operates its business primarily on the internet using a URL that ends in `.com' 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            of or relating to an internet company; "a dot-com outfit in San Francisco" 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a start-up company with an Internet-based business model, often funded by venture capital
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            The suffix of your Domain Name. ".com" was originally created to denote Commercial USA. There are now a wide variety of suffixes available pending certain conditions such as .ca only for Canadian citizens/businesses. An excellent resource to identify suffixes is Norid of UNINETT.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            An Internet-only store with no physical presence.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Slang] Previously used as a way of indicating the period (.) and top level (COMmercial) domain of a Web address, "dot-com" has suddenly become a way of describing Internet-based businesses. "Did you see how the dot-com stocks are going crazy?" Please, make it stop
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Short name for any commercial business that has registered a name in the .com domain.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A Web-based business; often refers to a venture-funded startup that intends to make an IPO.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Also, dot-org, dot-net, and dot-edu. Alternatively, you can use .com, .net, .org, or .edu, depending on the context, but be consistent. Do not use dot-org and .org in the same piece.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A company doing business primarily or entirely on the Internet. The term is derived from the top-level domain, .com, at the end of the Web addresses of commercial Web sites.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            as an informal adjective describing companies that do business mainly on the Internet.